Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi
| Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Alcithoe |
| Species: | A. ostenfeldi |
| Subspecies: | Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937) | |
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Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi is a subspecies of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
Description
The height of this shell attains 170mm, its width 73mm.
Distribution
This marine subspecies is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- ↑ Marshall, B.; Bail, P. (2015). Alcithoe larochei ostenfeldi (Iredale, 1937). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385241 on 2016-02-04
- Iredale, T 1937 Notes on neozelanic deepwater marine Mollusca. Records of the Australian Museum 20: 103-107
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Bail, P., Limpus, A. 2005: A Conchological Iconography 11, The Recent Volutes of New Zealand, with a revision of the genus Alcithoe H. & A. Adams, 1853, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany
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